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Re:How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco’s Life by sejje on Thursday February 12, 2015 @01:08PM (#9040206)
So you choose to believe she meant she literally cannot get AIDS?

Come on.

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Re:How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco’s Life by marcusgarvey on Thursday February 12, 2015 @02:05PM (#9040645)
My point is, it's natural for her to say afterwards that it was meant ironically now that the backlash has happened. Maybe she's just a jerk who got caught being a jerk.
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Re:How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco’s Life by sejje on Friday February 13, 2015 @12:04PM (#9045342)
My point is, either she was saying it ironically or she was saying it seriously. She can't possibly have said it seriously.

Was it a somewhat insensitive joke? Sure. But you can't take the statement at face value.

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